Is it possible to change bootsplash themes path from /etc/bootsplash/themes to somewhere else ?
Thanks and regards…
As meddling around with the places the system expects it’s files is allways tricky and often likely to be undone at next (security) update that reloads the package(s) involved, you better explain what you want IMHO. This looks very much a case of “Describe the goal, not the step”: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#goal
So you mean there is no way except changing bootsplash codes, right ? 
A way to do do what?
You asked how to change a path (I read that as "the place in the file tree’) to something different. That in itself is easy enough, but as it would break (in this case) the boot process not finding the themes anymore, my idea is that you did not wake up this morning thinking; “Oh, let us change the boot splash themes path”, but that you want to achieve something that you carefully hide for us. This I pointed you to the paragraph "“Describe the goal, not the step”, but you apperently did not understand it.
So again, in other words, try to describe what you want to be done. Not what you think is a solution to it.
And then we did not even get to the standard questions like: What level of openSUSE do you use?
you know what?
this is the biggest failure of all linux communities.
they wanna know your purpose/goal.
and they give an alternative way for it.
whenever i research forums for an error, a problem, etc, i cannot find a real solution.
cuz all solutions are customized for purpose of that user, or alternative ways for purpose of that user.
nobody gives a general solution, that is why researching forums for problems are useless, nowodays.
i dont want a fcking alternative way for my goal.
i dont want a customized solution for my personal goal.
if i would, i would tell about it.
i just wanted a general solution for everyone.
the goal is the same with the question.
change bootsplash theme path from /etc/bootsplash/themes to somewhere else.
yes one day i waked up and tell myself i wanna fcking change bootsplash theme path.
i wanna change it for my pleasure, alright ?
look, you dont have to help users, but if you would you have to be more kind.
Am 31.08.2012 22:36, schrieb tony almeida:
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> Is it possible to change bootsplash themes path from
> /etc/bootsplash/themes to somewhere else ?
> Thanks and regards…
>
>
I am not sure if I understand exactly what you want and if that answers
the question, the easiest way I see to point to another location is to
turn /etc/bootsplash/themes into a symbolic link which points elsewhere.
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mkdir -p /some/other/directory
cd /etc/bootsplash/
mv themes /some/other/directory
I looked where the path is used it is hardcoded in gfxboot on 12.2 (I do not have a 12.1 right now so you need to investigate yourself if it is the same in 12.1)
martinh@ganymed:~> grep -n "/etc/bootsplash/themes" /usr/sbin/gfxboot
1141: $theme_dir = "/etc/bootsplash/themes/$opt_theme/bootloader";
1276: /etc/bootsplash/themes/THEME/bootloader.
2895: $theme_dir = "/etc/bootsplash/themes/$theme/bootloader";
2987: if( -d "/etc/bootsplash/themes/$1/bootloader") {
2997: if( -d "/etc/bootsplash/themes/$1/bootloader") {
3006: $_ = (</etc/bootsplash/themes/*/bootloader>)[0];
Am 02.09.2012 14:56, schrieb martin helm:
> so you need to investigate yourself if it is
> the same in 12.1)
I should have added: or whatever version you use, since you do not tell
us that
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